Not purposefully, but it sneaks up on me sometimes.
I had made what I thought was a double meal one night, but it turned out I had underestimated how much my family would want to eat. So they had to get into the 2nd meal just to fill up! LOL
Then, last week, I just didn't do it. I didn't meal plan at all for the week, and just went to the grocery store blind and "made due" all week.
I plan to do better this week, but it obviously takes more than just good intentions, for me! LOL
Sorry guys!
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Pizza-Roll Ups
This meal got lots of raves from my family!! It's a great variation to the classic pizza hit!!
2 cans fridgerated French bread dough
1 lb lean ground beef
8 oz bag Italian shredded cheese mix
1 jar pizza sauce
Pepperonis
1 Bell Pepper (chopped)
1 small Onion (chopped)
(Optional: Crushed Cooked Bacon, Mushroom Slices, Olives, or any other pizza topping you love)
(Depending on how many cookie sheet pans you have, you may have to make this one at a time or use a different surface method for preparation. Below is how I did it though.)
1 Open dough and carefully unroll it onto 2 large cookie sheets.
2 Brown ground beef with onions and peppers.
3 Preheat oven to 400°F.
4 Spoon sauce onto the dough like making a pizza. Add cheese, pepperonis, and then meat mixture.
5 Roll dough lengthwise like a jelly roll, and cut each roll into 12 slices. (I find that putting the dough into the fridge for about an hour after rolling will help make the cutting part easier.)
6 Spray additional cookie sheets with nonstick spray; lay slices flat on the sheets about 1 inch apart.
7 Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden.
8 Cool roll-ups, eat 12 for your dinner using some extra sauce to dip, if desired.
9 Freeze 12 in 1 gallon freezer bags, 6 per bag. Slip a 1 quart freezer bag with the leftover sauce into one bag of pizza roll ups.
10 To prepare, thaw roll-ups overnight and warm them in a preheated 400°F oven for 10 minutes or put them frozen in the microwave; heat on high for about 2 minutes.
11 Serve with warmed pizza sauce too, if desired.
2 cans fridgerated French bread dough
1 lb lean ground beef
8 oz bag Italian shredded cheese mix
1 jar pizza sauce
Pepperonis
1 Bell Pepper (chopped)
1 small Onion (chopped)
(Optional: Crushed Cooked Bacon, Mushroom Slices, Olives, or any other pizza topping you love)
(Depending on how many cookie sheet pans you have, you may have to make this one at a time or use a different surface method for preparation. Below is how I did it though.)
1 Open dough and carefully unroll it onto 2 large cookie sheets.
2 Brown ground beef with onions and peppers.
3 Preheat oven to 400°F.
4 Spoon sauce onto the dough like making a pizza. Add cheese, pepperonis, and then meat mixture.
5 Roll dough lengthwise like a jelly roll, and cut each roll into 12 slices. (I find that putting the dough into the fridge for about an hour after rolling will help make the cutting part easier.)
6 Spray additional cookie sheets with nonstick spray; lay slices flat on the sheets about 1 inch apart.
7 Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden.
8 Cool roll-ups, eat 12 for your dinner using some extra sauce to dip, if desired.
9 Freeze 12 in 1 gallon freezer bags, 6 per bag. Slip a 1 quart freezer bag with the leftover sauce into one bag of pizza roll ups.
10 To prepare, thaw roll-ups overnight and warm them in a preheated 400°F oven for 10 minutes or put them frozen in the microwave; heat on high for about 2 minutes.
11 Serve with warmed pizza sauce too, if desired.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Stocking up extra meals
First, let me say, last week my meal didn't work out as planned. I'm going to try to make it again this week, and see if it works better for me. It's a Pizza Roll-up, and you have to use the refridgerated french bread for it. And when I tried to unroll the dough, it was just a mess. Don't know if it was a faulty batch or not, but I'll try the recipe again this week, and if it doesn't work this time, then I'll scrap that whole idea. LOL
Anyway, I also plan to be having a couple of double days each week for the next couple of weeks to prepare for an upcoming event here. We have Vacation Bible School (VBS) at our church in July. And I always volunteer in it, and of course, the kids always go too. Well, our VBS is from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. each night. And volunteers have to be there by 5:00 p.m. So, every year, it is always a big hassle trying to figure out what is quick enough to make & eat for dinner that week.
Well, a stroke of genius hit me this week, as I was planning out the next few months in my mind. I'll jsut make up an extra freezer meal each week, and then we'll use THOSE on VBS nights! Most of the dishes are one-pot sort of things any way. And this certainly will help feed my family better meals, and be easier on the budget than eating fast food the whole week like how it ususally works out for us!
I'd love to have a couple of extra meals in the freezer at all times anyway so that if a friend or relative is sick or there's a death, you have meals ready to go at a moments notice to take to those families!!
And food during those kind of down times is a true gift!!! I just had a baby in March via c-section, and the meals that were brought to me during that time was seriously some of my most cherished gifts we received!! Took such a burden off of me knowing my family was being fed, and I didn't have to over-extend myself to do it!
Anyway, I also plan to be having a couple of double days each week for the next couple of weeks to prepare for an upcoming event here. We have Vacation Bible School (VBS) at our church in July. And I always volunteer in it, and of course, the kids always go too. Well, our VBS is from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. each night. And volunteers have to be there by 5:00 p.m. So, every year, it is always a big hassle trying to figure out what is quick enough to make & eat for dinner that week.
Well, a stroke of genius hit me this week, as I was planning out the next few months in my mind. I'll jsut make up an extra freezer meal each week, and then we'll use THOSE on VBS nights! Most of the dishes are one-pot sort of things any way. And this certainly will help feed my family better meals, and be easier on the budget than eating fast food the whole week like how it ususally works out for us!
I'd love to have a couple of extra meals in the freezer at all times anyway so that if a friend or relative is sick or there's a death, you have meals ready to go at a moments notice to take to those families!!
And food during those kind of down times is a true gift!!! I just had a baby in March via c-section, and the meals that were brought to me during that time was seriously some of my most cherished gifts we received!! Took such a burden off of me knowing my family was being fed, and I didn't have to over-extend myself to do it!
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